Update at 2:28 p.m. July 11: A Dallas County judge has signed the East Village Association's temporary restraining order following a hearing that began Friday morning.

For now the East Village Association has scored at least a temporary victory that stops the city of Dallas from issuing a building permit for the Sam's Club in the shadow of Cityplace during the next two weeks -- despite the fact the City Plan Commission OK'd the development plan at yesterday's meeting. According to court records, an injunction hearing has been set for 9:30 a.m. July 25 in Judge Phyllis Lister Brown's courtroom. There will be no bond, as nobody will be applying for a building permit in the next two weeks.

“The court has the ability to stop the train in its track, and that’s what we want,” East Village Association's attorney Anthony Ricciardelli told Judge Emily Tobolowsky during the hearing.

“The city and organizations have to be transparent and give folks the ability to voice their opinions,” said Juliana Bradley, who lives near Cityplace. “People in the neighborhood are fired up. They feel like they had the rug pulled out from underneath them."

Despite this afternoon's outcome, Trammell Crow Company remains optimistic about the development.

On Wednesday afternoon the East Village Association filed an application for a temporary restraining order to roadblock the vote. Says the group -- which is led by, among others, Jonas Park -- Trammell Crow Co. "misled" residents about the proposed development, while city staff "relied on misrepresentations" when preparing the documents for plan commission.

"The zoning ordinance allowing Crow to develop a 100,000+ square foot merchandise store on Planned Development District 889 at the corner of North Central Expressway and North Carroll Avenue (the “Development”) is the product of a fraud upon the people and the City of Dallas," says the petition, which you can read in full below. "Because of the fundamentally unique character of 100,000+ square foot merchandise stores, Dallas has historically intervened to restrict their development."

There was a hearing today, at which point Judge Sheryl McFarlin declined to give the East Village Association their TRO. However, she did set another hearing for 10:30 a.m. Friday, and that hearing will take up the part of the petition that opponents hope enjoins the city from "approving any development plan for the Development that does not conform to the Pre-Existing Zoning and from any conduct with regard to the Development inconsistent with the permitted uses under the Pre-Existing Zoning until such time as the zoning for the Development is modified through proper procedure, including proper notice."

In other words: The East Village Association doesn't want the city to give Sam's Club a certificate of occupancy.

A representative for Trammell Crow said the developer was confident the city had properly vetted the proposal.

"This project was under review for more than 12 months ...," Erin Ragsdale said in a written statement Wednesday night. "It has been discussed at two separate City Plan Commission meetings and one City Council meeting, and was approved every time a vote was taken to move forward. It’s time for everyone to look forward, and to work together to make sure that this project is successful for the City, and for the communities it will serve."

Plan commissioners say they are awaiting further instructions from Dallas City Attorney's Office. But First Assistant City Attorney Chris Bowers tells The Dallas Morning News, "We are pleased the judge's ruling will allow the City Plan Commission to consider the item on their agenda tomorrow."